NBA Highlights

Lonzo Ball making a late push to get big money extension this summer: averaging 21/8/8 on 54% FG and 51% 3PT

There are 118 known elements in the Periodic Table. The last time the Knicks won the NBA Basketball Championship there were only 105.
https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1237433147345821704

Bron on his comments of not wanting to play games without fans: "You gotta listen to the people that are keeping track of what's going on, & if they feel it's best for the safety of the players...to mandate that, then we all listen to it.”
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1237446222480195584

Josh Jackson with the spin, the fake and the and one
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Zion showing his moves at the club
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Josh Jackson fakes Aaron Gordon out of his shoes for the and one
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Cam Reddish vs. Paul George last 10 games: 17/3/1 on 51/41/85 shooting for Cam and 16/5/3 on 43/40/76 shooting for PG

The Boston Celtics (43-21) defeat The Indiana Pacers (39-26) Final score 114-111

Nikola Jokic in 8 games this season with less than 10 points: 8ppg, 5.9apg, 10.5rpg. Nuggets are 6-2 and Jokic has a total +/- of 101.

Russ gets dunked on by Naz Reid and takes his frustration out on the rim at the other end
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Kawhi Leonard with a shot that will give Philidelphia fans nightmares
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The Brooklyn Nets (30-34) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (49-14), 104-102

AD attempts a potential game-winning three, misses, and the Nets win in LA
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LeBron barely misses the game-tying layup with under 10 seconds left
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Frank Ntilikina finishes the game with a career high 20 points 10 assists 2 insane rebounds and 2 steals on 66/60/83 shooting

Russell Westbrook tonight vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves: 27 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 11-17 (65%) FG, 5-6 (83.3%) FT, +8. Russ now with a NBA season best 34 straight 20+ points scoring games.

Russ throws down an emphatic tomahawk late in the 4th
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LeBron with the steal and dive to the hardwood, Kuzma finishes the fast break
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The Los Angeles Clippers (44-20) defeat the Golden State Warriors (15-50) 131-107 to end the Warriors playoff streak

On the TNT broadcast, Chris Haynes reports that if the Spurs and DeRozan can't come to an extension agreement, DeRozan intends to decline his player option and become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

The Houston Rockets (40-24) snap their 4-game losing streak against the Minnesota Timberwolves (19-45), 117-111

Second half of Clippers - Warriors game was so one sided, TNT split the screen and started showing Lakers - Nets game

James Harden vs the Timberwolves: 37 points on 19 attempts, 5-10 3pt, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, and 2 steals.

Deandre Jordan has got have the worst body language in the NBA. He never even attempts to close out any 3 pointer by anyone either. Why is this the guy stunting Jarrett Allen’s growth?

Porzingis with a mind boggling play in the clutch
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Dinwiddie gives the Nets the lead with under 30 seconds left
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NBA’s discussing a number of possibilities -- including eliminating fans from games or, more drastically, suspending game operations for a period of time. Decisions on those options remain complicated by fact there’s been such a limited amount of public testing for coronavirus.

DeAndre Jordan goes to the line, which leads to the Nets commentary crew to discuss his free throw percentage.
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Victor Oladipo Tonight: 27 PTS | 7 REB | 4 AST | 1 STL | 1 BLK | First 20pt game of the season

Kevin Durant and the Nets bench playing defense on the AD potential game winner
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Dame stares down his defender and nails the dagger right in his face
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Dorian Finney-Smith goes up to the rafters for the Luka oop
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I’m in the front row, keeping a safe distance from Kings SF Harrison Barnes. He said he had been advised to shave the beard with Coronavirus concerns, but says he’s committed to seeing things through as his team pushes to the playoffs and won’t shave it.Beat Writer (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/seancunningham/status/1237463716020359168?s=21

Frank Ntilikina has just scored 20 points in a game for the first time in his career

Mo Bamba with arguably the worst free throw attempt of the season
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The Portland Trail Blazers (29-37) defeat the Phoenix Suns (26-39) 121-105

San Antonio Spurs (27-36) defeat Dallas Mavericks (39-27) by 119 - 109 with 24 points from LaMarcus Aldridge

Bradley Beal finishes tonight’s game against the Knicks with 40/3/7, marking his 24th straight 20+ point game. 25+ point games in 22 out of the last 23.

The Orlando Magic (30-35) defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (32-33) 120-115

Since returning from injury, Kemba Walker is averaging 14.7ppg and shooting 30% from the field and 25% from 3

Media member Patrick Beverley asking Landry Shamet a question postgame.
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Coby White Crosses Andre Drummond and finishes at the rim
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Devin Booker hits a tough fadeaway jumper for the And-1
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Keldon Johnson plays great D and gets the steal on Doncic
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The Washington Wizards (24-40) defeat the New York Knicks (20-45) 122-115

Frank Ntilikina with the saucy move on Thomas Bryant
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Michael Carter-Williams is averaging 17.6 points per game for his last three games.

Montrezl Harrell drills the stepback 2 to end the first quarter
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Blazers swing the ball around and find Hassan for the one hand hammer over Šarić
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Kuzma hits the tough fall away to beat the shot clock
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Naz Reid gets free and throws down the one-handed slam
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Lou Williams has scored 35+ points 15 times coming off the bench, which is the most in NBA history

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Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick expose Sixers lack of accountability and leadership from the front office to coaching staff and discuss the infamous blow up with Brett Brown. (Transcribed from JJ Redick Pod)

JJ Redick: Was last year difficult?

Jimmy Butler: Yeah, hell yeah, it was so different, on any given day me as a person and player i didnt know who the fuck was in charge or what to expect when i went to the gym plane or game....i was as lost as the next motherfucker.

JJ: "meaning there was a lot of voices"...

JB: there was just so much going on every day, i didnt even know who to talk to. i realised that in the meeting in the office i was like i cannot believe (brett brings me you joe and ben in pre tobias trade)...and we all sitting in there and nothing got accomplished at all, so i told you when we were walking out "why would i go back in there, nothing is getting accomplished, we are just sitting in here watching film, all just looking around, you gotta think i may have been there 2-3 weeks tops so im just sitting back watchign and not saying nothing....these mofos think im an asshole anyway so im gona sit back and i can here 'click click' then alright lets go practice and im thinking why did we just go through this....so now we fast forward and we are in portland during the film session and nobody is saying nothing, so i decided to finally say something…

JJ: "heres the fucked up part you did one thing wrong, i thought your intereaction with brett was normal and i dont know why it was reported weird, but he’s like, “theres some tweeks to the offense we’re making”, and some guys feel the same way you do and you threw TJ under the bus…you said "tj wants more pick and rolls"...I did not say TJ...

JB: brett asked who else feels differently so i heard crickets and knew people felt different so i turned around and the first person i locked eyes with was TJ, and monty said ""nows the time if you feel different" and TJ started...and i thought "its ok to speak your mind".

JJ: you know how i feel about brett and i love brett but your relationship was not the same, towards the end of the year when you were playing on the ball more did that relationship evolve more,...

JB: "i would say it remained professional but i would say its not fair cos the entire year ben had the ball, and then youre going to do that, i would feel a type of way if you took the ball out of my hands like that (like ben was) I would think its fucked up to play one way the entire year and then go boom you know what this is how we are going to do it. i would be pissed, i dont think it was the best way to do it.....

JJ: when that kawhi shot went it what were you thinking.

JB: "i already knew how it would have ended up if we went to overtime, we would have won. after everything settles down the first thing that comes to mind is will i be back here, get another opportunity to do it, i had a feeling it would be a no, but i would say thats the first thing "are we actually going to run it back"...

JJ: that was my first thought too - the realisation i might not get this close again, I knew I wasnt coming back at the exit meeting unlesss they had no other options, when did you know?

JB: do you think im just that hard to work with? (no i dont think youre hard to work with)....so I aint throwing no one under the bus but somebody told me the main reason i didnt go back was cos someone asked can you control jimmy, the fact youre trying to control a grown man i was like nah im cool, cos i dont do anything drastically stupid, if thats what youre worried about i think man good luck to you all (this was super early before free agency). When i heard about miami, we talked about it as a family and it all worked out. the way they do shit "we work every single day" we expect you to come in and win.

JJ: you seem much happier. JB -hell yeah, i get to be me, i aint worried about peopel trying to control me, thats some fucked up shit. More Miami talk.

JJ: do you think teams can have too many alphas?

JB: well whats your definition of alpha? you talking about really good players? (No, the person who has to be the star.) "too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing, but if you know which one is really the one it can work if everyone plays their role. but if everyone doesnt know whats going on in any certain day it wont work. Spo will walk in and yell at duncan "what the fuck are you dribbling inside the 3 pt line".

JJ: I feel like someone saying I dont know my role is code for I dont like my role.

JB: I agree.
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